SONGS

HHMMmm – how do you pick songs for a Music Theme – well here are some classics and some classics with new words. Some FUN, some thoughtful, some with actions, some without. Maybe you can have each den pick a song and lead it or perform it at your Pack Meeting. Want even more?? Don’t forget the Cub Scout Songbook that now comes with a song tape so you can hear the songs, too. Whatever you do – Have FUN. CD

I’d Like To Teach The World To SingSan Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, & Verdugo Hills Councils

This one may make a good Opening – CD

I’d like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow-white turtle doves

I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I’d like to hold it in my arms and keep it company

I’d like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
“Ah, peace throughout the land”

(That’s the song I hear) I’d like to teach the world to sing
(That the world sings today) In perfect harmony
I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony

I’d like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow-white turtle doves

Cub Scout HarmonyBaltimore Area CouncilTune: I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing

I’d like to teach the world to sing
In Cub Scout harmony.
The Blue and Gold would be the thing
That everyone would see.
Each Wolf and Bear and Webelos
\Is doing all he can
To “Do His Best” with all the rest
Of Cub Scouts in the land.

For headaches take some Certs. Use Tide to clean your face
And do shampoo with Tacky Glue,
It holds your hair in place.

Perhaps I am confused. I might not have it right.
But one thing I am certain of, I’ll watch TV tonight!

Oh, I Wish I Were An ActorSan Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, & Verdugo Hills CouncilsTune: Oh I Wish

Oh I wish I were an actor in a show Oh I wish I were an actor in a show
I’d make you feel real tenseI would hold you in suspense

Oh if I could be an actor in a show.Oh I wish I were a rock star of a group Oh I wish I were a rock star of a group I would sing and I would shoutI would really knock you out

Oh if I could be a rock star of a group.
Oh I wish I were a musician in a band
Oh I wish I were a musician in a band I would blow on a fluteand make my trumpet toot

Oh if I could be a musician in a band. Oh I wish I were a Cub Scout in a skit Oh I wish I were a Cub Scout in a skit
I would say my linesand make my parents shine

Oh if I could be a Cub Scout in a skit

Round TimeSan Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, & Verdugo Hills Councils

Divide the room into three separate groups.

All of these songs can be found in the Cub Scout Songbook. Have one group start and then start the other groups,

go through the songs two or three times.

The first group can sing Row Row Row Your Boat

The second group will sing Down by the Station

The third group will sing Are You Sleeping

Scouting In The US of ASan Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, & Verdugo Hills CouncilsTune: YMCA

Young Cub, welcome to Cub Scouts
I said young Cub, this is what it’s about
I said young Cub, you’ll learn to cast that line out
You’ll learn to cook and to camp out

Young Cub, are you ready to startI said young Cub, be a Tiger and Wolf,I said young Cub, to be Bear and Webelos,
These are things to help you grow

It’s fun to scout in the US of A
It’s fun to scout in the US of A
You’ll learn most everything to prepare you for lifeWithout any strife,
It’s fun to scout in the US of A.

Bad WeatherSouthern NJ Council(Tune: If You’re Happy)

If you’re wet and you know it, Clap your hands
If you’re wet and you know it, Clap your hands
If you’re wet and you know it
Then your drippy clothes will show it,
If your wet and you know it., Clap your hands

If the mud is only knee deep, Stomp your feet!
If the mud is only knee deep, Stomp your feet!
If the mud is only knee deep
And you wish that it were hip deep!
If the mud is only knee deep, Stomp your feet!

Every YearSouthern NJ Council(Tune: Old MacDonald Had A Farm)

Every year we bake some pies,
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.
Coconut and lemon pies,
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.
With a big slice now and a glass of milk.
Extra slices if I may.
Every year we bake some pies,
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.

Every year we go see Grandma,
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
She always lets us trim the tree.
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
Up go the lights, and up goes the tinsel.
Everyone helps as we decorate it.
Every year we go see Grandma,
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

Softly falls the light of day,While our campfire fades away.Silently each Scout should ask:
“Have I done my daily task?Have I kept my honor bright?Can I guiltless sleep tonight?Have I done and have I dared.
Everything to be prepared?”

Cub Scout VespersSouthern NJ CouncilTune "Oh Christmas Tree"

As the night comes to this land,On my promise I will stand,I will help the pack to go,As our pack helps me to grow.Yes, I'll always give goodwill,
I'll follow my Akela still.And before I stop to rest,
I will do my very best.

Scout WetspersSouthern NJ Council

Softly falls the rain todayAs our campsite floats awaySilently each Scout should askDid I bring my SCUBA mask?Have I tied my tent flaps down?Learned to swim, so I won't drown?Have I done and will I tryEverything to keep me dry??

Take Me Out to the ForestSouthern NJ Council(Tune: Take Me Out to the Ball Game)

Take me out to the forest.Let me hike in the wild.Show me a skunk and a few bear tracks.I won't care if I never come back.

But it's look, look, at your compass.If it rains, then it pours.And it's ouch, slap, sting and your bitIn the great outdoors!

Song of my ShoesMt. Diablo Silverado Council.Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic

My shoes have seen the glory of the growing of a Scout.My shoes have been in water steppin' in and steppin' out.My shoes have hiked through forest to the top of the mountMy shoes are wearing out!

My shoes have seen the bottom of the dirty, fishy creek,My shoes have been all covered with the gooey, muddy cake,My shoes have seen the same old socks for seven days this week,My shoes do really stink!

The Scout Who Never ReturnedSouthern NJ CouncilTune: Charlie On The MTA

Let me tell you of a story of a Scout named ____On that tragic and fateful day;Put his Scout knife in his pocket;Kissed his dog and family;When to hike in the woods far away.

Well, did he ever return?No, he never returned.And his fate is still unlearned:He may roam forever in the woods and mountains,He's the Scout who never returned.

Now you citizens of [town name],Don't you think it's a scandalHow ol' [Scout's name] got lost that day?Take the right equipment;TAKE ALONG A BUDDY,

When you hike in the hills that way.
Or else you'll never return,No, you'll never return.And your fate will be unlearned: just like [Scout's name])You may roam forever in the woods and mountains,Like the Scout who never returned.

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